Bill Text: TX SB1392 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to an audit by the state auditor and a study by the comptroller of the events trust funds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-06 - Referred to Economic & Small Business Development [SB1392 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB1392-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Davis S.B. No. 1392
(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2013; March 18, 2013, read
first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development;
May 1, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 1, 2013,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1392 By: Davis

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an audit by the state auditor and a study by the
comptroller of the events trust funds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The state auditor shall conduct an audit to
determine the efficiency and effectiveness of funding events
through an events trust fund authorized under Section 5, 5A, 5B, or
5C, Chapter 1507 (Senate Bill No. 456), Acts of the 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes).
(b) The audit, at a minimum, must determine whether money
from an events trust fund is efficiently and effectively:
(1) disbursed in compliance with Section 5, 5A, 5B, or
5C, Chapter 1507 (Senate Bill No. 456), Acts of the 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes), as applicable, the Government Code, and
other relevant laws or standards;
(2) monitored so that the event and the persons and
entities that receive money from the fund comply with the terms of
applicable agreements and with the applicable sections of Chapter
1507, the Government Code, and other relevant laws or standards;
and
(3) maintained to provide adequate financial control
systems and to ensure accountability for use of the money.
(c) The state auditor shall prepare a report of the audit
conducted under this section. Not later than January 1, 2015, the
state auditor shall electronically file a copy of the report with
the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
representatives, and the presiding officer of each standing
committee of the senate and house of representatives having primary
jurisdiction over fiscal matters or matters related to tourism or
recreation. The report must include details on:
(1) the process for approving the disbursement of
money through an events trust fund; and
(2) the degree to which past and present recipients of
money from a fund have complied with the terms of event agreements
and with the applicable sections of Chapter 1507 (Senate Bill No.
456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article
5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), the Government Code, and
other relevant laws or standards.
SECTION 2. (a) The comptroller of public accounts shall
conduct a study to determine:
(1) the economic impact of the events that qualify for
funding through an events trust fund; and
(2) whether the events would likely be held in this
state in the absence of the incentives provided through the fund.
(b) The comptroller of public accounts shall prepare a
report of the findings from the study conducted under this section.
Not later than January 1, 2015, the comptroller shall
electronically file a copy of the report with the lieutenant
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the
presiding officer of each standing committee of the senate and
house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over fiscal
matters or matters related to tourism or recreation.
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any other law, the comptroller
of public accounts shall reimburse the state auditor for the cost of
the audit conducted under Section 1 of this Act using any balances
available in the 2014 state fiscal year from the events trust funds
established under Section 5, 5A, 5B, or 5C, Chapter 1507 (Senate
Bill No. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999
(Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). The comptroller
shall pay the audit cost proportionally from the established funds
based on the maximum balances in the funds during the 2014 state
fiscal year.
SECTION 4. This Act expires September 1, 2015.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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